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Reserve Bank Governor Shaktikanta Das yesterday(10th Nov.2021) expressed confidence in the economy clipping at the projected 9.5 percent this fiscal as per the growth impulses and the strong fast-moving indicators. Giving all the credit for the faster-than-expected recovery of the economy to the government, Das said the central bank has only been supporting the government in reviving the economy ravaged by the pandemic. Citing a slew of measures the government has taken since the pandemic struck in March 2020, the governor specifically mentioned tax cuts on fuels, tax resolution for the telecom sector, annulling of the retro tax legislation, sale of Air India, plans to sell some of the public sector banks and PLI scheme as the major reforms and growth-drivers bearing fruits now. Read more

FM Nirmala Sitharaman has described her upcoming budget as unlike anything seen in the last 100 years. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has been parsimonious in pump-priming the economy, for fear of a rating downgrade to junk, and may find that kicking the can down the road is no longer an option. When Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presents her budget on Feb. 1, she will not only aim to repair battered government finances and ensure demand recovers in an economy facing its worst contraction since 1952. She must also revive declining revenue and restore millions of jobs lost during the pandemic. That will be crucial to boosting consumer sentiment in a country where local demand contributes nearly 60% of gross domestic product. Read more

Economic Affairs Secretary Tarun Bajaj Speaking at an event organised by industry body Ficci, said that based on tax collections so far, India’s economic contraction in this fiscal year might be less severe than anticipated and that the proposal of a ‘bad bank’ had been discussed internally, but no decision had been taken. “Currently, there is no proposal for debt monetisation on the table. Questions on fiscal position and debt monetisation plan should be asked after three-four months,” said Bajaj. Economists, including former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan, and former advisor to the Prime Minister, Rathin Roy, have advocated that the government can get the RBI to monetise deficit, provided it has a clear expenditure plan on where it wants to spend the resources it raises. Read more

The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Yesterday (2-3-2020) lowered India’s GDP growth forecast to 5.1 percent, from its earlier projection of 6.2 percent, for 2020 on concerns over the impact of deadly coronavirus on the domestic as well as the global economy. According to the latest OECD Forecasts, India’s real GDP growth is expected at 5.1 percent during the fiscal year starting April 1, 2020, and improve to 5.6 percent in the following year. The latest projection for 2020-21 is 1.1 percentage points lower than the November 2019 forecast. The OECD has projected India’s growth at 4.9 percent for the financial year ending March 2020. As per the report Global economic growth will sink to levels not seen in over a decade as the coronavirus outbreak hammers demand and supply, challenging central banks and governments to respond to a fast-changing situation, according to the OECD.

India’s GDP growth in the October-December quarter of 2019 (Q3 of FY20) stood at 4.7 percent, as per the data released by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) on 28th Feb. The data also showed that projections for economic growth in FY2020 had been at 5 percent in the second advance estimates. The rate of the country’s economic growth had stood at a six-year low of 4.5 percent in the previous quarter (Q2) and 6.6 percent in the same quarter a year earlier (Q3 of FY19). India’s GDP growth in FY2019 had stood at 6.8 percent.